Georgia - 2nd September 2017 - General Thread

irish_goat wrote: deise316 wrote: <span style="line-height: 1.4;">Yer same man didn't exactly spare the horses getting to the wrong stadium, doing speeds of about 90 mph in an old battered Mercedes, and much weaving in & out of traffic at the same time,  but when he realised his mistake, and with only 30 minutes to go to kick off, in rush hour traffic, he went to an entirely different level of lunacy altogether, it was quite enjoyable, if you get an oul buzz from being seconds away from certain death, which I seemingly do, even if I hadn't realised it up to that point. Wouldn't say I would necessarily look forward to doing it again, but as a one off experience, I wouldn't knock the Tbilisi taximen...........</span><span style="line-height: 1.4;"> </span> <span style="line-height: 1.4;"> </span> <span style="line-height: 1.4;">Similar experience ourselves and we weren't in any rush yet your man still felt the need to overtake on a roundabouts whilst doing 50kmh. No need for indicators over there when you can just beep the horn as well, apparently. My fears were only made worse</span><span style="line-height: 1.4;"> when I realised right behind my seat was a massive gas tank that was running the car. </span>

Had similar experience(s). On first occasion we were on a dual carriageway with two lanes. As we approached a tunnel the taxi driver overtook a car. The other car sped up so there was 3 cars abreast entering a tunnel with just two lanes. It was like who's going to chicken out first   ...the other fella did

On second occasion we were on the way to the airport. For those old enough to remember the Streets of San Francisco ...well the journey was a bit like the car chases in that show

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Dq4EfqDZ1nc

Edited by colemanY2K - 15 Jul 2016 at 12:26pm

I was in a cab that was going down a main road in Tbilisi (the one that had the big grass embankment running along the middle of it) when the driver skids, swerves, but still hits, an Irish lad that had climbed down from the embankment in order to cross the road. The driver to be fair to him was out of his car like a shot to drag the unconscious Irish lad over to the edge of the road so he wouldn't be driven over by any oncoming traffic. The lad was taken away by ambulance and I heard afterwards that thankfully he was OK. Lucky lucky boy though. Overall a pretty nerve-racking experience!

Think will go via Warsaw, Turkey sounds a bit problematic.

bannerboy95 wrote: Think I will leave the stopover in Istanbul off now surely there's a few other routes to navigate around

Via Warsaw seems to be a good route.

Pity Ireland' sponsors don't put in flights.

OscarDelta wrote: bannerboy95 wrote: Think I will leave the stopover in Istanbul off now surely there's a few other routes to navigate around Via Warsaw seems to be a good route. Pity Ireland' sponsors don't put in flights.

No demand for a charter as charters are naturally.much more.expensive

Loads of different ways to.get there with various airlines

kevincronin2000 wrote: low cost to Kutaisi with wizz air, from Dortmund, Berlin, Memmingen, Vilinus, Katowice, Warsaw Chopin, Sofia, Milan. plenty of options. just picked random dates in November this year 15/11 ryanair Dublin - Milan (bgy) €25 16/11 wizz air Milan  (bgy) - Kutaisi € 40 return 19/11 Kutaisi - Sofia (wizz air) €25 19/11 Sofia - Dublin (ryanair) €32 TOTAL Euro 122 return flights to georgia

Some of the posts on this thread

We got a taxi in from the airport and he must've been doing at least 120mph, no seatbelt on, no indicating and told us he was stopping off for petrol. Him and his mate from the petrol station smoking by the pumps leaning up against the car with us 3 inside waiting on him



Edited by irishmufc - 16 Jul 2016 at 6:39pm

kevincronin2000 wrote: greenforever wrote: OscarDelta wrote: bannerboy95 wrote: Think I will leave the stopover in Istanbul off now surely there's a few other routes to navigate around Via Warsaw seems to be a good route. Pity Ireland' sponsors don't put in flights. No demand for a charter as charters are naturally.much more.expensive Loads of different ways to.get there with various airlines following Ireland definitely improves your geography, ask any Joe soap where Tuzla, Iasi, Bacau ,or Kutaisi are and they will think your off your game.

Was looking at making a bit of a holiday out of this trip has anyone been to the costal resort of Batumi? Also what's the story with border crossing into Russia if one was to spend a few days in Sochi

Edited by kevincronin2000 - 28 Aug 2016 at 10:20am